Bang La Decks & Wiwek - GQOM [Ultra Music]

What this video is

Released June 5, 2020 (video premiered August 12, 2020) during the global COVID-19 pandemic, the video documents the human cost of lockdown on South Africa's township dance communities — spaces where GQOM (a percussive, minimalist electronic sub-genre originating in Durban's KwaMashu township circa 2010–2012) functions as social infrastructure. The production also serves as an elegy for Guinean vocalist Mory Kanté,…

Why it matters

Represents a significant moment of GQOM's crossover into mainstream European EDM channels via Ultra Music, one of the world's largest independent dance labels. The video is a documented artefact of Western electronic artists engaging — through genuine collaboration and on-location production —…

The director

Cape Town-based South African filmmaker and documentarian. Trained at Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking after a brief period at AFDA. Known for a documentary-inflected, socially conscious approach to music video and branded content. Has deep specialist…